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Suez|ˈsuːɪz, ˈsuːəz|
The name of an Egyptian port [Arab. al-Suways] at the head of the Red Sea, used attrib. and absol. to denote the military and political crisis which resulted from the nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956; Suez group (now Hist.), a group of Conservative MPs who opposed the withdrawal of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone in 1954; hence applied to other groups advocating the presence of British troops in the Middle or Far East.
1955Ann. Reg. 1954 34 Anglo-Egyptian talks have been recently renewed in Cairo..and the so-called ‘Suez group’ in the Conservative Party, about 40 in number and led by Captain Waterhouse, had consequently become restive. 1958H. Nicolson Diary 18 June (1968) 350, I am very worried about the Lebanon situation, fearing it may prove a repetition of Suez. 1961Guardian 6 Dec. 18/1 Captain Charles Waterhouse, one of the original ‘Suez rebels’ in the winter of 1956–7. 1962Hansard Commons 13 Nov. 281/1 The hon. Member for Leeds, East spoke of my hon. Friend the Member for Inverness as being a member of the Suez Group. 1966New Statesman 3 June 804/1 The cabinet's Suez Group (Wilson, Healey, Stewart and Bottomley) are prepared to bring back a good many servicemen following the end of Confrontation but want to maintain the bases till the late 1970s. 1968M. Jones Survivor iii. 55 She could not remember events like Suez and Hungary. 1972R. R. James Ambitions & Realities ii. 104 What became known as ‘the Suez Group’ constituted the first orgainzed element in the Conservative Party that viewed Heath with hostility. 1981A. Price Soldier no More ix. 122 Ever since Suez the Americans had been bad friends with the Israelis. |